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City of Angels The Musical |
- Music by Cy Coleman
Book by Larry Gelbart, Lyrics by David Zippel
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City of Angels Recommended Resources |
City of Angels Plot Summary & Audition Tips |
List of Characters in City of Angels |
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 City of Angels Sheet Music (Vocal Selections)
City of Angels Script
City of Angels Complete Vocal Score
 City of Angels 1990 Original Broadway Cast Rec.
City of Angels 1993 Original London Cast Recording |
The late 1940s in Hollywood. The audience sees two parallel story lines as Stine struggles to write a screenplay and the characters of his screenplay reflect his difficulties.
The music is very reminiscient of 1940s black-and-white movie soundtracks.
Audition Preparation Suggestions for City of Angels
No dance ability is required for this show.
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- Stone (Baritone)
- tough-talking film noir detective - Humphrey Bogart type
- Stine (Tenor)
- sensitive writer of detective novels
- Alaura Kingsley (Mezzo)
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- Mallory (Mezzo)
- Alaura's stepdaughter
- Oolie (Mezzo)
- Stone's secretary
- Buddy Fidler
- a studio head for a company that has bought Stine's screenplay - dimwitted but fancies himself to be brilliant
- Gabby (Mezzo)
- Stine's wife
- Bobbi (Mezzo)
- Stone's ex-fiancee, a nightclub singer
- Donna (Mezzo)
- a studio secretary on whom Oolie's character is based
- Jimmy Powers
- Many other small roles
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Audition Preparation Materials |
List of Songs in City of Angels (Click the song title to download digital sheet music) |
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- If you are auditioning for this show and would like to get a sense of "film noir", watch The Maltese Falcon.
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- Prologue - Overture- ANGEL CITY 4
- Double Talk- STONE AND ALAURA, STINE AND BUDDY
- What You Don't Know About Women (Gabby & Oolie)
- Ya Gotta Look Out For Yourself (Jimmy Powers)
- The Buddy System (Buddy)
- With Every Breath I Take (Bobbi)
- The Tennis Song- ALAURA AND STONE
- Ev'rybody's Gotta Be Somewhere- STONE AND ANGEL CITY 4
- Lost and Found- MALLORY
- All Ya Have To Do Is Wait- MUNOZ
- You're Nothing Without Me- STINE AND STONE
- Stay With Me- JIMMY POWERS
- You Can Always Count On Me (Donna)
- The Party & Alaura's Theme- BUDDY, DEL DECOSTA AND COMPANY
- It Needs Work- GABBY
- L.A. Blues- STONE AND MADAMN MARGIE
- With Every Breath I Take (Reprise)- STONE AND BOBBI
- Funny- STINE
- I'm Nothing Without You (Reprise)- STONE, STINE, GABBY AND COMPANY
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